Recently

 Just thought I'd throw all the most recent pics up from the past several weeks. 

We spent a ton of time raking leaves one week when they all seemed to blow off all at once.  I actually really like raking leaves when the kids are helping me.  They take it so seriously.

 Zane has been a reading maniac.  He reads off and on all day long and then stays up reading in his bed before he falls asleep for a long time.  I broke out my boxes of chapter books from when I was teaching and he's been hooked on Magic Tree House series and is speed reading them and then he talks about every detail afterwards. He and Emmy also like to play "Jack and Annie" and pretend they are the two characters from the books. I love it. He's learning so much about new things from reading so much and I love it. With all his new knowledge, he makes his own books about different things...mostly nonfiction.  It's so fun.
Here's a picture of him reading to Sassy the dog at the library.  She just laid still and listened to him read 3 books. :)

 Woah mess.

 This girl sure does keep me on my toes - she is SO tomboyish and SO girlie all at the same time. 

 Last week I got to take the "big kids" to Pearl Street Mall in Boulder while Zack stayed home with Smith.  What a relief - Smith is at such a busy and hard age.
Anyways, we had the best afternoon. 
We found a Spiderman statue that they swore was real until they finally got brave enough to touch and realized it was fake.

 They were watching a juggler on the street

 Rock climbing

 We went to the Boulder Bookstore.  They could have stayed all day at this one store. 

 Had to get ice cream of course

 Just a random shot of Emmy - out on a rainy day.

 We had a couple of cold days this week.  Getting everyone all bundled up is such a pain, but they do look super cute.

 We got to spend the afternoon at the Nature and Science museum a couple of days ago with Judi and Bob.

Astronauts

 This guy walked and walked and walked and walked

 Emmy worked so hard to move this "dirt" from one place to another - I love how when she wants to do something, she just goes right for it.

 Zane was the map guy - trying to guide us to the right spots.

 Here are a few pictures from the pumpkin patch right by our house from a while ago.

 Yes, Emmy picked her own outfit

 Oh this sweet face.

 My mom and Molly got to come with us too.

 In every one of these pictures, Smith was trying to escape.